60-Day Comment Period on the Class 2 Permit Modification for the 1301-N and 1325-N Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities

Category:

Public Comment Periods

Event Date:

08/16/2017

Update: This comment period has been extended until September 8, 2017

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Notice of 60-Day Public Comment Period on Class 2 Permit Modifications to Closure Activities for 1301-N and 1325-N Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking public comment to support Class 2 Permit Modifications to closure activities for the 1301-N and 1325-N Liquid Waste Disposal Facilities. Public comments are accepted from June 5 through August 4September 8, 2017.

These facilities were used for liquid waste disposal from N Reactor, a reactor that was used during the Cold War for plutonium production. N Reactor operated from 1963 through 1987 at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington state. The facilities also received dangerous waste generated from laboratories and may have received waste from spills within the N Reactor Building.